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see also Cultural Awareness and the Military
- bibliography at the Air University Library

Definitions ___return to top

• Culture
  • from DoD dictionary: culture - (DOD, NATO) A feature of the terrain that has been constructed by man. Included are such items as roads, buildings, and canals; boundary lines; and, in a broad sense, all names and legends on a map.

  • other definitions of "culture"

Journals & Forums ___return to top

• See also journals listed at Negotiation Center of Excellence - often involving cultural aspects of negotiation

• American Foreign Service Association (AFSA)
  • Foreign Service Journal

• Small Wars Journal, online journal with variety of resources

• Foreign Area Officer Association (FAOA)
  • Foreign Area Officer Association Journal
  • FAO Journal
    • example article - "When Islamic Radicalism, Fascism, and Arab Nationalism Collide" in March 2005 issue

• Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR)
  • Cross-Cultural Research - The Journal of Comparative Social Science, formerly Behavioral Science Research

• International Journal of Intercultural Relations

• Technology and Culture journal of the Society for the History of Technology, published by Johns Hopkins University Press

• Social Networks - journal published in association with INSNA

• The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

• CyberPsychology & Behavior

• Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

• The Technology & Culture Forum at MIT

• Academy of Behavioral Profiling
  • The Journal of Behavioral Profiling

• other journals related to cultural studies

Books ___return to top

• Marine Corps University Press
  • Al-Anbar Awakening, vol. 1, American Perspectives: U.S. Marines and Counterinsurgency in Iraq, 2004-2009, ed.s McWilliams and Wheeler, Marine Corps University Press, 2009 - 9 Mb
  • Al-Anbar Awakening, vol. 2, Iraqi Perspectives: U.S. Marines and Counterinsurgency in Iraq, 2004-2009, ed.s Montgomery and McWilliams, Marine Corps University Press, 2009 - 7 Mb
  • Applications in Operational Culture: Perspectives from the Field, ed.s Holmes-Eber, Scanlon and Hamlen, Marine Corps University Press, 2008 - 4 Mb
  • Operational Culture for the Warfighter: Principles and Applications, by Salmoni and Holmes-Eber, Marine Corps University Press, 2008 - 2 Mb
  • The Iranian Puzzle Piece: Understanding Iran in the Global Context, ed. Tarzi, Marine Corps University Press, 2009 - 1 Mb
  • Among the People: U.S. Marines in Iraq, by Benhoff, Marine Corps University Press, 2008 - 19 Mb

• U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (CAC) Commander's Cultural Awareness Reading List

• U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (CAC) Commander's "Jihadism"/Militant Islam Reading List

• Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, free online book, wide-ranging on cultural topics, from Center for Cross-Cultural Research, Western Washington University

• readings for "Understanding Global Cultures" course at U. of Minn. Duluth
  • Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 28 Nations, by Gannon, published by SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2004 - "describes a method, the cultural metaphor, for understanding easily and quickly the cultural mindset of a nation and comparing it to those of other nations"

  • Distant Mirrors: America as a Foreign Culture, by DeVita and Armstrong, published by Wadsworth Thomson Learning, Belmont, CA, 2002

• Dorn, Edwin, and Howard D. Graves, “Contemporary Military Culture,” American Military Culture in the Twenty-First Century, Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2000.

• Harrison, Lawrence E., and Samuel P. Huntington, eds., Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress, New York: Basic Books, 2000.

• Hofstede, Geert, and Gert Jan Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, 2nd ed., New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

• Nisbett, Richard E., The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently… and Why, Free Press, 2003

• Peterson, Brooks, Cultural Intelligence: A Guide to Working with People from Other Cultures. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 2004.

• Schein, Edgar H., Organizational Culture and Leadership, New York: Jossey-Bass, 1992.

• Storti, Craig, The Art of Crossing Cultures, 2nd ed. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 2001.

• Cross-Cultural Communication: An Essential Dimension of Effective Education, by Taylor, Mid-Atlantic Center, includes topics such as differences in cognitive style

• Trompenaars, Fons and Charles Hampden-Turner, Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Diversity in Global Business, McGraw-Hill, 1998.

• Weaver, Gary R., ed. Culture, Communication and Conflict: Readings in Intercultural Relations, 2nd ed., Boston: Pearson Publishing, 2000.